The American and French
presidents spoke by phone on Wednesday, following a WikiLeaks
report claiming that the US had been spying on three French
leaders from 2006 until 2012. That report prompted an emergency
meeting with key heads of intelligence and ministers in Paris,
and the summoning of US ambassador for explanations.

After the emergency meeting, Hollande released a statement saying
that the spying is “unacceptable” and “France will
not tolerate it.” He then called Obama to talk the matter
over.

White House releases readout of call between Obama and French
President Hollande, following spying revelations pic.twitter.com/d9kyMvB6ML

In the phone call,
Obama“reiterated
that we have abided by the commitment we made to our French
counterparts in late 2013 that we are not targeting and will not
target the communications of the French
president,”the White
House said in a statement.

Nothing was said about the period beween 2006 and 2012, wwhich
was mentioned by Wikileaks, though.

The statement released by Hollande's office after the
conversation, said in turn that “President Obama reiterated
unequivocally his firm commitment ... to end the practices that
may have happened in the past and that are considered
unacceptable among allies.”

Despite the surveillance scandal, the statement then said that
French intelligence officials will soon go to Washington to
"strengthen cooperation."

The initial allegations of US spying were published by the French
daily Liberation and on the website of French investigative
journal Mediapart. They said the NSA had been wiretapping the
communications of Presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and
Francois Hollande.